RNA interference: biology, mechanism, and applications

N Agrawal, PVN Dasaradhi, A Mohmmed… - Microbiology and …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is a simple and rapid method of
silencing gene expression in a range of organisms. The silencing of a gene is a …

Gene silencing in mammals by small interfering RNAs

MT McManus, PA Sharp - Nature reviews genetics, 2002 - nature.com
Among the 3 billion base pairs of the human genome, there are∼ 30,000–40,000 protein-
coding genes, but the function of at least half of them remains unknown. A new tool—short …

[HTML][HTML] Single-stranded antisense siRNAs guide target RNA cleavage in RNAi

J Martinez, A Patkaniowska, H Urlaub, R Lührmann… - Cell, 2002 - cell.com
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are the mediators of mRNA degradation in the process of
RNA interference (RNAi). Here, we describe a human biochemical system that recapitulates …

Sequence-specific potent induction of IFN-α by short interfering RNA in plasmacytoid dendritic cells through TLR7

V Hornung, M Guenthner-Biller, C Bourquin… - Nature medicine, 2005 - nature.com
Short interfering RNA (siRNA) is used in RNA interference technology to avoid non-target-
related induction of type I interferon (IFN) typical for long double-stranded RNA. Here we …

RNA interference functions as an antiviral immunity mechanism in mammals

Y Li, J Lu, Y Han, X Fan, SW Ding - Science, 2013 - science.org
Diverse eukaryotic hosts produce virus-derived small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to direct
antiviral immunity by RNA interference (RNAi). However, it remains unknown whether the …

Killing the messenger: short RNAs that silence gene expression

DM Dykxhoorn, CD Novina, PA Sharp - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2003 - nature.com
Short interfering RNAs can be used to silence gene expression in a sequence-specific
manner in a process that is known as RNA interference. The application of RNA interference …

siRNAs: applications in functional genomics and potential as therapeutics

Y Dorsett, T Tuschl - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2004 - nature.com
Molecules that can specifically silence gene expression are powerful research tools. Much
effort has been put into the development of such molecules and has resulted in the creation …

Analysis of gene function in somatic mammalian cells using small interfering RNAs

SM Elbashir, J Harborth, K Weber, T Tuschl - Methods, 2002 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is a highly conserved gene silencing mechanism that uses double-
stranded RNA (dsRNA) as a signal to trigger the degradation of homologous mRNA. The …

RNA interference in adult mice

AP McCaffrey, L Meuse, TTT Pham, DS Conklin… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
RNA interference is an evolutionarily conserved surveillance mechanism that responds to
double-stranded RNA by sequence-specific silencing of homologous genes. Here we show …

[HTML][HTML] RNA interference as a novel treatment strategy for chronic hepatitis B infection

RWH Hui, LY Mak, WK Seto… - Clinical and molecular …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a major cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality.
Functional cure of CHB, defined as sustainable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) …